When William Jane Aten was born on 1 January 1874, in Mount Carmel, Sabine, Louisiana, United States, his father, William M Aten, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Tyler, was 32. He married Ada Eudora Chandler on 30 January 1900, in Sabine, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Nepawan, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Ward Eight, Sabine, Louisiana, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1949, in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Montgomery, Texas, United States
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Dutch (mainly Groningen): patronymic from the personal name Ate or Aat, shortened forms of Adriaan (see Adrian ), or from the Frisian personal name Ate, a shortened form of an ancient Germanic name based on the element ad (short form of adal ‘noble’), such as Adolf . Compare Auten .
History: The first Aten known in America was Adriaen Hendrickse Aten (sometimes recorded as Arie Hendrickse) who came to New Netherland (now NY) from Doesburg in Gelderland, the Netherlands, in 1651.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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